The event, held at Regal Atlantic Station, also included a Q&A session with cast members stars O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell (who star as Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and Eazy-E), as well as Ice Cube (producer), F. Gary Gray (Director) and Will Packer (Executive Producer)

The screening was well attended by many of Atlanta’s who’s who including music’s top celebrities and influencers including: Mayor Kasim Reed, Usher Raymond, Ludacris, B.o.B., 2Chainz, David Banner, DaBrat, Lil Scrappy, Polow Da Don & More.

A special Q&A session was moderated by Packer after the film and the ‘Straight Outta Compton’ cast members shared tales of working on the amazing NWA biopic.

Kap G wrote released the song “Fuck La Policia,” last year but it’s message resonates now in light of several questionable deaths at the hands of police officers.

The song was released months before the murders of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, but it’s a reminder that abuse of power, and the toxic hurt that follows it, are nothing new.

I wrote this song two years ago, out of frustration from being pulled over for no reason after leaving a studio session. I didn’t think much about who would hear this song when I recorded it, I just knew that this feeling was too painful and demeaning to not speak on it.

I felt, as a young Mexican American writer, artist, and youngin, that it was my responsibility to give a voice to this feeling that sooo many young minorities were dealing with.

Rappers T.I. and David Banner joined Kap for a remix of the song, now shortened to “La Policia,” which was released earlier today (April 9, 2015).

Their version calls attention to how Kap’s original was no less relatable because it came from a specifically Mexican-American perspective—learning too early to fear cops is an experience too many people of color in America share.

As the Falcons were beating the breaks off of Tampa Bay in the Georgia Dome, Peter Thomas and Deb Antey were a few miles away hosting an awards show.

Peter Thomas Entertainment Group (PTEG), in conjunction with UPTOWN Magazine and Music Executive Debra Antney, presented the first 2014 How Can I Be Down? Salute to Excellence Awards honoring Hip Hop pioneers.

Guests and VIPs gathered at the Intercontinental Buckhead to celebrate this year’s honorees: David Banner, Shanti Das, Jermaine Dupri, Ryan Glover, Clifford “T.I.” Harris, and Greg Street. (Das and Glover not in attendance.)

Hip hop star turnt actor, Common played host to an exclusive private screening of his new film at Atlanta’s Frank Ski’s Restaurant Friday evening (January 11, 2013).

Common’s movie is entitled ‘LUV’ and he stars in it alongside newcomer, Michael Rainey Jr. The two appear onscreen as an impressionable kid and his badass uncle in what is billed as a ‘coming-of-age story’ set in Baltimore.